by Gavin | Apr 28, 2011 | Leadership, Learning, Other
Back in the early 90’s, as a sales manager buying training services I was swayed by our training providers well compiled “feedback” reports that demonstrated 8 out of 10 cats preferred their training. As the person charged with demonstrating return on...
by Gavin | Apr 26, 2011 | Lumina, Other, Uncategorized
Applications for Olympic Games tickets close at midnight today, 26th April. I don’t know about you, but I’ve got mixed feelings about next summer’s sports-fest. Hear me out a moment – now of course it goes without saying that the Games will be a fantastic boost to the...
by Gavin | Mar 1, 2011 | Article, Happiness, Learning, Other
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about how important it can be to switch off – you may have noticed an increasingly frantic tone to my posts! As a society we put a lot of pressure on the people who make decisions for us. I can’t imagine David...
by Gavin | Mar 1, 2011 | Happiness, Leadership, Other
I was gutted to miss Graham Alcotts public How To Get Things Done workshop last week. Doesnt matter how many GTD books I read, there is nothing like a good refresher with a master like Graham at the helm. Its great to have one of his colleagues, Mark, post an article...
by Gavin | Feb 23, 2011 | Article, Happiness, Learning, Other, Uncategorized
Sleep deprivation is once again upon me. It happens sporadically, yet this time I can’t blame the kids. Another international crisis, more all night 24 hour news fests, but this time with added twizzaz. The first discovery this week was Al Jazeerra, a good...
by Gavin | Feb 21, 2011 | Education, Learning, Other
I am looking forward to seeing the Kings Speech after meeting up with Andy Green last week. Andy has written an interesting article for us on what we can learn as trainers from the film. One of these, “Be brave and be prepared to walk away” resonates...
